Art of surface ornamentation



March 4, 1941,. J UL'ANO ET AL. 2,234,064

- ART 0F SURFACE oRNAHENTATIoN Filed Jly 26, 1939 \\1 /m k wf INVENTORS l A'TTOIIRNEY".

Patented Mur. 4,1941 j,

UNITED v''js'lirriisf PATENT ori-*lea j ,gzsmsi K sur or sultrscll onNAMEN'rATloN Y, Joseph Illano and HarryFrledmam Brou,`

N. Y., assigner: to hln-Film Products Company, Inc.,v Newlork, N2 Y., a corporation o! New York f Application-.lary et, i939, serum. 286.520 s v(ci. 41.4.5.6)

Tim invention reletestcnew and useful improvements in the art of surface ornamentation and relates more specifically to mechanical nella@ tives for use in reproducing designs' of one or* E more colors, and to the method o( making such` l i homogeneous unitary nlm or sheet of negative material composed ot'a plurality oi'superimpcsed mechanical negatives.

The principal object of the invention is vlthe provision of an improved method and mates@- rial for preparing silk screens for use in m'- ing designs by forcing colors therethrough. 'Under older practices. a design was traced upon a silk screen which was tightly mounted on a square or rectangular frame and a suitable iinpervious coating then applied to the portions ci :the silk outside said design, thus producing a negative 'through which colors were forced by Y useofasqueegee. l .l

'Another and more specific object of the present invention is the provision of an improved composite sheet or illm'of resist or-blocking out material foruse in making the negative,'su`ch blocking out material being impervious to the colors which are used yin the printing operation. the sheet of material possessing a high order of strength in order that a large number of reproductions may be made from a. single screen. In this regard, the material is particularly useful for screens used in hand printing of textiles wherein the dyestufis or other coloring materials contain caustics and other ingredients which are especially harmful to screens.

Sheets of blocking out material for preparing mechanical negatives have been in commercial use for some time and in accordance with existlng practices, portions corresponding to the design are removed from the sheet by the use of a suitable solvent or by manually cutting the design therefrom, and the remaining sheet then caused to adhere yto the screen by lthe use 0f a hot iron or by means of a suitable solvent which renders the sheet tacky and capable of being adhesively secured to the screen.

The latter method of adhering the sheet .of nim constituting the mechanical negative to the screen has proven more effective than the former and it may be accomplished inless timev than is required by employing Ithe heat method. Nevertheless, the solvent adhering method has its great objections andy limitations by virtue of the fact that the solvent attacks or burns" the edges of the film, thus making a jagged line where a straight or smoothly curved line is desired, and accordingly ruining the screen for line and artistic reproductions.

It is accordingly another object of the presentinvefntion to .provide a sheet of material so formed as to be readily adhered -to .the screen by 4the use of a solvent but also being incapable of attacky by the solvent along the printing edges Y thereof. To this -end the invention comprises a t layers', the several layers being mutually compatible one with the other but also havingccr-i ble or relatively so in the solvent which is em- II-v ployed to cause the nlm to. adhere .to the screen. The second or top layer is made from material which is to alarge extent soluble in the adhering solution. In order to make the complete y nlm of ahomogeneous character,however,- two' Il expedlents are employed. First, a suitable amount of "the material used in the second'layer is lncorporated in vthe material used'for the rst y layer, and a somewhat larger percentage of the material used in layer one is incorporated inf.:v a-

layer two. The second expedient is to employ materials in both layers which are entirely miscible with each other in any givenproportion. By forming the layers of. such materials it will be apparent'that after the Iilrst ,layer is 'dry and the material forming lthe second rlayer inap plied. such material will partiaily'redlssolve the rst layer as such second layer is-applied. v-tltuls forming, in eifect. an intermediate layer comprising a-mixture of the material'used in both II layers.

In the drawing:l

Fig. 1 is a greatly enlarged section taken' through a nlm constituting the present inven tion; 4

Fig. 2 isv an enlarged section-taken through a sheet ci the nlm mounted on a carriersl'leet. this view showing portions of the film removed:

Fig. 3 is a section taken through a completed screen with the film adhered thereto.

The film Il shown in Fig. 1 comprises three layers ll, l2 and I3, respectively. The lower layer Il desirably comprises ka lacquer having'a celinelose ester base, and more specincally it. may be a cellulose nitrate lacquer. To the cellulose nitrate there is added suitableresins, gums and plasticizers, all dissolved in suitable solvents such al ethy1aeetate er acetone. There is also added to this lacquer approximately ten percent of lacquer which is used to form the upper coatorllayer Il Il. This latter material desirably has a cellulose ether base such as ethyl cellulose or benzyl cellusired method. In the event-that a relativelyA thick film is desired. two or even more coats of this nrst lacquer may be used to form the first layer of--illm. After the material comprising the rst layer is dried by means of passing it through a drying oven or otherwise, the lacquer Acomprising the second layer is now applied in the same manner and it will be apparent that as this second layer is superimposed on the first, such iirst layer will be partly redissolved and there will accordingly be formed an intermediate layer designated as i2, which will consist of material used in forming layers ii and i3. This intermediate' layer l2 possesses its own specific characteristics. although it does'not function to prevent acomplete physical separation of layers il and i3. but l rather forms an intimate bond betweenthe two thus forming a homogeneous unitary nlm.

The adhering liquid is of such character as to be a substantially complete solvent only fc`r the upper layer it and for this purpose a solution containing an alcohol such as anhydrous ethyl alcohol. an ester such as ethyl acetate, a coal tar hydrocarbon such as toluol. and a petroleum'hydrocarbon such as petroleum benzene. The ester lshould comprise not more than 5 to 10 percent by weightsof the total solution and the balance of theingredie'nts may bein substantially equal proportions.

' When the completed iilm is to be Aused in the preparation of a mechanical negative for a print-V ing screen, portions of the film corresponding to the designare rst removed by 'cutting or otherwise. The nlm il is illustrated in Fig. 2 as being mounted on a carrier sheet il and portions have been removed from the nlm, leaving open portions shown at i5. In the 'event that the particular design is such as to have center -portions not physically attached to the balance of the sheet, it is best to mount the film upon the carrier sheet i4, although for many types of work this carrier sheet is not necessary. Once the film is cut. the upper surface thereof designated at it is placed in contact with a ilne meshed fabric il, such as silk, bolting cloth. wire mesh, or any other suitable material. and the adhering liquid then applied to this upper surface through the fabric. It will accordingly be apparent that the solvent or adhering liquid will immediately attack this upper layer and render the same ltacky or adhesive. and cause the entire lm to adhere to .the screen.

layer il and. as to the printlngedses ofthe prepared screen. will only slightly attack the intermediate layer Il.

The foregoing embodiment of the negative material is illustrative only and many changes and variations may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention. The materials forming the respective layers may also vary considerably, the essential thing in this regard being to form such lm of superimposed layers of such materials as will form a firm bond between the several layers and at the same time yto use materials for the several layers as will be incapable of attack by the same solvents, so that the solvent used for the adhering surface will have no substantial effect on the lower or contact surface of the illm.

What we claim is:

l. A laminated material comprising a carrier sheet a'nd a film layer carried thereby and adapted to form a mechanical negative when portions corresponding to a design to be reproduced are removed therefrom and the negative is secured to a foraminous printing screen, said carrier sheet being substantially transparent and being adhesively joined to but removable from the nlm layer, such layer comprising a homogeneous film vformed from a'plurality of superimposed layers of nlm-forming material, one of the layers having a cellulose ester base and the other layer having a cellulose ether base, whereby the upper surface of the film layer may be placed in engagement with a foraminous printing screen after said portions corresponding tothe design have been removed, a solvent for the material constituting the upper layer then applied to such upper surface through the screen, and the film thus become joined to the screen without the possibility of the solvent attacking the lower layer. thus avoiding distortion of the edge of the printing stencil. f"

2. A laminated material comprising a backing sheetof substantially transparent paper or the like and a mm layer carried thereby and adapted to form a mechanical negative when portions corresponding to a design to b'e reproduced are cut lin outline and then removed therefrom and the negative is adhesively secured to a foramlnous printing lscreen by the use of a solvent, said backing sheet being adhesively joined to but removable from the nlm layer, such layer comprising a homogeneous illm formed from a plurality of superimposed layers of film-forming material, the lower layer having a cellulose ester base and the upper layer having a cellulose ether base, whereby a solvent for the cellulose ether used to adhere the upper layer to the foraminous screen will not attack the cellulose ester oi the lower layer.

3. A laminated material comprising a carrier sheet and a substantially transparent nlm layer carried thereby and adapted to form a mechanical negative when portions corresponding to a design to be reproduced are removed therefrom and the negative is secured to a foraminous `printing screen, said carrier sheet being substantially transparent and being adhesively Joined to but removable from the illm layer, such layer comprising a film formed from a plurality of superimposed layers of film-forming material ilrmly bondedtogether to forma homogeneous illm, the-lower layer having a nitrocellulose base and the upper layer having an lethyl cellulose base.

LA laminated material comprising a carrier sheet and a film layer carried' thereby and adapted to form a mechanical negative when portions correspondingv to adesign to be reproduced are removed therefrom and. the negative is secured-to a foraminous printing screen, said carrier sheet being substantially transparent and beingr adhesively `ioineci to but removable from the tllm layer, such layer comprising a homogeneous i'llm formed from a plurality of superimposed layers of ilmforming material, the lower layer having a ce1- lulose ester base and the upper layer having a cellulose ether base, and an intermediate layer formed from the material used for forming the upper and the lower layer.

5. A laminated material comprising a carrier sheet and a film layer carried thereby and adapted to form a mechanical negative when portions co to a desizn to be reproduced are removed therefrom and the negative is secured to a foraminmu printing screen, said carrier sheet being substantially transparent and being adhe sively joined to but removable from the ilm layer,

such layer comprising a homogeneous illml JOSEPH ULANO. HARRY FRIEDMAN. 

